Ok I have to write about gift giving in Beowulf and Hamlet. And I have read them both, and I know alot about the gift giving in Beowulf....but I dont remember anything about it in Hamlet. Anyone know anything or any wesites on this?
2006-12-11 03:31:40 · 3 answers · asked by Helen 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
A quick look at a concordance turned up these discussions of gifts in Hamlet:
Hamlet's Ghost in Act I Scene V -- talks about Claudius' gifts in two sense: the gifts he ave Gertrude to seduce her, and Claudius' own natural gifts (abilities, character), which the ghost thinks little of.
Ophelia, Act III, Scene I also speaks ill of gifts meant to seduce:
for to the noble mind
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
(Speaking of words said to her by Hamlet)
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And then in the dumbshow, the players reenact the seduction of the Queen with gifts. ACt III, Scene 2.
IN all, the idea of gift-giving in Hamlet (as least were the word is used) is tied to the idea of seduction, and seduction that ruins the recipient of the gift. (The contrast in the Ghost's speech to natural gifts, received from God, seems fruitful.)
These are the only instances the word gift or gifts appear in Hamlet.
2006-12-11 04:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by C_Bar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems to me that giving things within Hamlet is functional, rather than a "gift" sort of a thing. The ghost gives Hamlet a signet ring, but it's not just a gift of jewelry; it's for a purpose. Polonius gives Ophelia a book, but it's so she can pretend to be reading.
2006-12-11 04:45:22 · answer #2 · answered by sylvar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-30 06:31:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋